The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ner \Ner\, adv. & a.
   Nearer. [Obs.] See Nerre.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nerre \Ner"re\, adv. & a. [See Near.]
   Nearer. [Obs.] [Written also neer, ner.] --Chaucer.
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   Never the neer, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Ner
   light, the father of Kish (1 Chr. 8:33). 1 Sam. 14:51 should be
   read, "Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner,
   were the sons of Abiel." And hence this Kish and Ner were
   brothers, and Saul and Abner were first cousins (comp. 1 Chr.
   9:36).


Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):

Ner, a lamp; new-tilled land